Atlas I | BeppoSAX
Status: Success | Launched: Apr 30, 1996 04:31 UTC
Launch Provider & Rocket
- Provider: General Dynamics (Commercial)
- Rocket: Atlas I — Atlas family
Mission
SAX (Satellite Astronomia Raggio-X) is the X-Ray Astronomy Satellite selected by the Italian National Space Plan for inclusion in the Science Plan. The objective of the mission is to perform spectroscopic and time variability studies of celestial X-ray sources in the energy band from 1 to 200 keV. including an all-sky monitoring investigation of transients in the 2-30 keV.energy range.
- Type: Astrophysics
- Orbit: Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Launch Site
- Pad: Launch Complex 36B
- Location: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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